From Curing Cancer to Eternal Skin: The Promise of CRISPR

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November 05 2017
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1h 9min 45s
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

Halacha:
Medical Ethics,  Medicine 
Machshava:
Ethics 

Collections: Rabbi Torczyner Medical Halacha

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Three issues in Gene Editing: (1) May one take risks to use CRISPR for medical purposes? (2) May one use CRISPR on a fertilized egg or fetus, particularly in a germ-line therapy, without consent? (3) What is the role of Jewish values in determining the legitimacy of non-medical uses of CRISPR? Delivered for a group including people without strong background in Torah text study.

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